DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT Nadia District Prepared As Per Ministry of Environment, Forest And Climate Change Notification S. O. 3611 (E), Dated 25th July 2018 PREPARED BY: Sathi Planners Private Limited QCI-NABET Accredited And ISO 9001:2015 Certified Company Address – Lake Avenue, Kanke Road, Ranchi - 834008, Jharkhand Email – [email protected], Ph. – 7604035778 Website – www.sathiplanners.com UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF: West Bengal Mineral Development And Trading Corporation Limited A Govt. of West Bengal Undertaking Regd. Office: 13, Nellie Sengupta Sarani (Lindsay Street), 2nd Floor Kolkata – 700 087, West Bengal District Survey Report of Minor Mineral of Nadia District Content Chapter Description Page No. No. 1 Introduction 3 2 Overview of Mining Activity in the District 8 3 The List of Mining Leases in the District with location, area 9 and period of validity 4 Details of Royalty or Revenue received in last three years 65 5 Detail of Production of Sand or Bajri or minor mineral in last 65 three years 6 Process of Deposition of Sediments in the rivers of the 66 District 7 General Profile of the District 76 8 Land Utilization Pattern in the district: Forest, Agriculture, 94 Horticulture, Mining etc. 9 Physiography of the District 98 10 Rainfall: Month-Wise and Climatic Condition 99 11 Geology and Mineral Wealth 100 12 Additional Information 102 i. District wise detail of river or stream and other sand source ii. District wise availability of sand or gravel or aggregate resources 13 Mineral Map of the District 114 14 Details of Eco-Sensitive Area, if any, in the District 115 15 Impact on the Environment (Air, Water, Noise, Soil, Flora & 116 Fauna, land use, agriculture, forest etc.) due to mining activity 16 Remedial Measures to mitigate the impact of mining on the 119 Environment 17 Risk Assessment & Disaster Management Plan 126 Prepared As Per Ministry of Environment, Forest And Climate Change Notification S. O. 3611 (E), Dated 25th July 2018 1 District Survey Report of Minor Mineral of Nadia District PREAMBLE Keeping in view of experience gained in period of one decade, the MOEF&CC came out with Environmental Impact Assessment Notification S.O.-1533(E) dated 14th Sept.2006. It has been made mandatory to obtain environmental clearance for different kinds of development projects as listed in Scheduled -1 of notification. Further, pursuance of the order of Hon’ble Supreme Court Petition (C) No. 19628-19629 of 2009, dated 27th Feb.2012 In the matter of Deepak Kumar etc., Vs State of Haryana and others etc., prior environmental clearance has now become mandatory for Mining of Minor Minerals irrespective of the area of Mining Lease. And also in view of the Hon’ble National Green Tribunal, order dated the 13th Jan.2015 the matter regarding Sand, Brick earth, & borrowed earth cutting for Road Construction has to take prior E.C. For Mining Lease irrespective of the fact that whether the area involved is more or less than 5 hectares. They also suggested to make a policy on E.C. for sand including other minor minerals mining lease in cluster. MOEF & CC notification S.O.- 141 (E) dated 15 th January 2016, Under 7(iii)(a) it was also suggested to prepare the District survey report for sand mining or river bed mining and mining of other mineral as prescribed in appendix X. This has been modified vide S.O. No.- 3611(E) dated 25th July 2018. MOEF&CC in consultation with State Government has prepared Guidelines on Sustainable Sand & other Minor minerals mining detailing the provisions on Environmental Clearance for cluster. To ease out E.C. activities MOEF & CC has taken initiative vide S.O.- 190(E) dated 20 th January 2016 to create District Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (DEIAA) & DEAC under the chairman ship of respective district commissioner for proper monitoring of Minor Minerals (0-5 Ha.) Mining using Information Technology to track the mineral out material from source to destination. Appraisal Committee will scrutinize and recommend the prior environmental clearance of Mining of Minor Mineral on the basis of District Survey report. This will model and guiding document which is a compendium of available mineral resources, geographical setup, environmental and ecological set up of the district and replenishment of minerals and is based on data of various departments, published reports, Journal and websites. The District Survey report will form the basis for application for environmental clearance, preparation of reports and appraisal of projects. District Survey Reports are to be reviewed once in every five years as per statue, however the data bank of DSR can be updated, if required. This order took effect from 01-12-2017 The Main objective of the preparation of District Survey Report is to ensure the following:- 1. Identification of Sand Ghats with geo references. 2. Identification of river silt with geo reference, which is being used for filling purposes and brick manufacturing. 3. Identification of other mineral resources if available. Prepared As Per Ministry of Environment, Forest And Climate Change Notification S. O. 3611 (E), Dated 25th July 2018 2 District Survey Report of Minor Mineral of Nadia District Chapter - 1 Introduction District At A Glance:- (Source: District Census Handbook, 2011, Nadia District) Prepared As Per Ministry of Environment, Forest And Climate Change Notification S. O. 3611 (E), Dated 25th July 2018 3 District Survey Report of Minor Mineral of Nadia District Location and Geographical Area: Nadia district is a district in the state of West Bengal, India. It borders Bangladesh to the east, North 24 Parganas and Hooghly districts to the south, Purba Bardhaman to the west, and Murshidabad to the north. The district lies between 22053’ and 24011’ north latitude and between 88009’ and 88048’ east longitude. The name of Nadia is derived from Nabadwip. Some experts opined that the name of Nabadwip is derived from Nine is land i.e. I) Antadwip ii) Simantadwip iii) Gourunomdwip vi) Madhyadwip v) Koledwip vi) Ritudwip vii) Madodrumdwip viii) Jagrudwip and ix) Rudradwip. According to Narchari-a renowned author of Baishnav literature there is no separate village named Nadia. Nabadwip is surrounded by nine islands which are separated from each other but called one village. The Administrative Hqtrs. Continued to be at Kirishnagar from the period of British Ruler since 1772. The district is covered under Presidency Division and occupies 11th position in the State in respect of its size with an area of 3927 sq. km. It lies in the heart of Bengal Delta held within the arms of Ganga and Bhagirathi on the west and Mathabhanga on the North. The shape of the district is irregular lying north to south. The physiography of the district is mostly plain. There are pockets of mild slopes here and there. The whole district is a network of number of rivers and srteams. The principal rivers of the district are Bhagirathi, Jalangi, and Mathahbhanga. There are few more rivers in the district viz. Ichhamati, Churni, Bhairabi and Jamuna. All the rivers flow from north to south keeping pace with general slope with district land. The maximum height of the district above sea level is 17.06 metres in the Police Station of Karimpur and the minimum is 7.31 metres in the Police Station of Chakdaha. Location of Nadia District:- District LATITUDE LONGITUDE NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST NADIA 24011’ N 22053’ N 88048’ E 88009’E Administrative Units: The Nadia district is further divided in to Tehsils / Blocks / Community Development Blocks (C.D. Blocks) for administrative purposes. In India, the Block or C.D.Block is often the next level of administrative division after the tehsil. It is important to note that, in some states of India C.D.Blocks are equal to tehsils. The district comprises four subdivisions:- Krishnanagar Sadar Kalyani Ranaghat Tehatta Prepared As Per Ministry of Environment, Forest And Climate Change Notification S. O. 3611 (E), Dated 25th July 2018 4 District Survey Report of Minor Mineral of Nadia District List of Blocks (CD) / Tehsils in Nadia Sl. Tehsil (CD Block) Area (km²) Population (2011) No. 1 Chakdah 282 4,05,719 2 Chapra 301 3,10,652 3 Hanskhali 239 2,93,040 4 Haringhata 157 2,31,068 5 Kaliganj 330 3,34,881 6 Karimpur I 196 1,83,556 7 Karimpur II 234 2,17,136 8 Krishnaganj 151 1,46,705 9 Krishnagar I 260 3,14,833 10 Krishnagar II 135 1,39,472 11 Nabadwip 93 1,35,314 12 Nakashipara 369 3,86,569 13 Ranaghat I 135 2,15,137 14 Ranaghat II 288 3,64,405 15 Santipur 177 2,41,080 16 Tehatta I 253 2,44,322 17 Tehatta II 175 1,51,231 (Source: Census Data, 2011) Krishnanagar Sadar subdivision This Sub-division consists of Krishnanagar municipality, Nabadwip municipality and seven community development blocks: Kaliganj, Nakashipara, Chapra, Krishnanagar–I, Krishnanagar–II, Nabadwip and Krishnaganj. Kalyani subdivision This Sub-division consists of Chakdaha municipality, Gayespur municipality, Kalyani municipality and 3 community development blocks: Kalyani, Chakdaha and Haringhata. Ranaghat subdivision This sub-division consists of Shantipur municipality, Ranaghat municipality, Birnagar municipality and four community development blocks: Hanskhali, Shantipur, Ranaghat–I and Ranaghat–II. Tehatta subdivision This sub-division consists of four community development blocks: Karimpur–I, Karimpur–II, Tehatta–I and Tehatta–II. Krishnanagar is the district headquarters. There are 19 police stations, 17 development blocks, 8 municipalities, 187 gram panchayats and 2639 villages in this district. Prepared As Per Ministry of Environment, Forest And Climate Change Notification S. O. 3611 (E), Dated 25th July 2018 5 District Survey Report of Minor Mineral of Nadia District Connectivity facilities in Nadia District:- Nadia boosts of a good network of road and railway.